John Lenio - Setting Fires

You talk in pictures
And I talk I lies
We've taken years
Off each other's lives
We've got the scars to mark our mercy
And the marching on of time
I only stand to lose what isn't mine

It was an act of desperation
Or maybe some big joke
I've been out here setting fires
Now we're starting to see smoke
I've been racking up this tab
Since the day that I was born
Now I'm looking to settle up and go on home

You talk in riddles
And I talk in rhymes
We've said the same damn thing
A hundred thousand times
We've got blood pounding in our ears
Like the beat of battle drums
Waiting on a war that never comes

It was an act of desperation
Or maybe some big joke
I've been out here setting fires
Now we're starting to see smoke
I've been racking up this tab
Since the day that I was born
Now I'm looking to settle up and go on home

I understand the shape that you're in
You know we all have to live with our shame
In a courtroom or a confession booth
The shackles feel the same
Yeah I understand that place that you're in
You know we all have to live with that shame
In their courtrooms or their confession booths
Those shackles stay the same
And the scars will forever remain

It was an act of desperation
Or some kind of sick joke
I've been out here setting fires
Now we can't see for the smoke
I've been racking up this tab
Since the day that I was born
Now I'm looking to settle up and go on home
Yeah, I'm ready to settle up and go on home

Written by:
John Lenio

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